Hilary Mantel (Dame Hilary Mary Mantel) Quotes
I can't think of any male politician who magnetizes love and hate - mainly hate - the way Margaret Thatcher did.
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When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.
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But the weakness comes from these Westernised co-opted Muslim leaders who just want to look good in the eyes of the West and Western media.
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All politicians should have 3 hats - one to throw into the ring, one to talk through, and one to pull rabbits out of if elected.
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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I think your most intimate thoughts are only honest when they're in your head.
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I think there's a karmic purpose that souls make before they decide to come into people's bodies and become someone's parent, or become someone's child. Maybe my dad disappearing was his way of giving me material with which to work, or a predisposition to feel heightened emotions.
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I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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One of the things that I was always, and still am, is quite resourceful.
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I have never retired - I have averaged 40 working weeks a year since 1933.
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I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.
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Music is the only passion I shamelessly indulge in. However, for recreation I enjoy watching movies. 'Wizard of Oz' was the first film I ever saw, followed by the 'Bond' movies. I also watch a lot of World cinema through DVDs mostly brought by one of my best friends who's now based in Toronto.
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It's good just to laugh sometimes, and if it comes out of some truth, it's even stronger.
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I'm totally myself.
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It's a tremendous responsibility to be direct descendants of the prophet Muhammad. This family has had the burden of leadership on its shoulders for 1,400 years. I'm not going to drop the ball on my shift.
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Why has it seemed that the only way to protect the environment is with heavy-handed government regulation?
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Solutions: (...) Seek an understanding of the other sex's best intent.
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The United Nations will spearhead our efforts to manage the new conflicts (that afflict our world)....Yes the principles of the United Nations Charter are worth our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.'
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With my boyfriend, we can make sexist jokes to each other because we know it's absolutely not true. If I get home from a long day and he says: 'Go on, get in the kitchen,' it's funny because we know it's not our lives.
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Within the pages of The Betrayal of America I prove that these justices were absolutely up to no good, and they deliberately set out to hand the election to George Bush.
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Delay leads impotent and snail-paced beggary.
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If an artist and a scientist have a common point, it is probably in the need for some kind of imaginative thinking to interpret the material they have.
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A Christian is free and independent in every respect, a bond servant to none. A Christian is a dutiful servant in every respect, owing a duty to everyone.
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I can't think of any male politician who magnetizes love and hate - mainly hate - the way Margaret Thatcher did.
